Social Media, Criminal Law and Legality

Utilising Lon Fuller's conception of legality, this book argues that current legal provisions used to control online abuse aided by social media do not conform to the basic principles of legality in criminal law, in turn, threatening freedom of expression. It will be of interest to researchers in the field of criminal law and cyber law.

List of contents

Part One
1. Introduction
2. Freedom of Expression: The Online Context
3. Regulating Social Media: Theoretical Positioning
Part Two
4. Online Racism and the Criminal Law
5. Harassment and Stalking Online
6. Abusive Communications Online: The Development of Communication Law
7. The Future of Communication Law
Part Three
8. Regulating Online Behaviour in the United Kingdom: Beyond the Criminal
9. International Perspectives on Social Media and the Law
10. Conclusion

About the author

Laura Higson-Bliss is a Lecturer in Law at Keele University, United Kingdom, joining Keele School of Law in 2021. Her interests, broadly conceived, are in the interaction between social media and the criminal law, legality, freedom of expression and law and new technologies. Laura is an author of several blogs and a regular contributor to wider discussions on social media regulation on the radio and television, both nationally and internationally.

Summary

Utilising Lon Fuller’s conception of legality, this book argues that current legal provisions used to control online abuse aided by social media do not conform to the basic principles of legality in criminal law, in turn, threatening freedom of expression. It will be of interest to researchers in the field of criminal law and cyber law.

Product details

• Authors: Laura Higson-Bliss
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032301556
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3230155-6
• No. of pages: 276
• Series: Routledge Research in the Law of Emerging Technologies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LAW / Criminal Law / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Criminal law & procedure, LAW / International, LAW / Communications, LAW / Public, LAW / Computer & Internet, Legal aspects of criminology, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Law & society, Criminology: legal aspects, Criminal law: procedure and offences, Law and society, sociology of law, IT and Communications law / Postal laws and regulations, IT & Communications law